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Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

Vacant Fixed Hawker Pitches and Issue of New Licences

Re-allocation of

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Number and Location of Fixed Hawker Pitches for Allocation

District Total No. of Hawker Pitches

Eastern 22

Central and Western 22

Wan Chai 60

Yau Tsim 113

Mong Kok 84

Sham Shui Po 65

Kowloon City 18

Tsuen Wan 51

Total 435

2019 30 September --20 October

Application period

Category of Applicants

(1) Holder of Fixed-Pitch (Newspaper) Hawker Licence

(2) Holder of Itinerant Hawker Licence (Other Classes / Newspaper)

(3) Eligible Registered Assistant currently registered as assistant at the same hawker pitch cumulatively for 5 years or more (cut-off date on 31 August 2019) (excluding assistant to cooked food stall) and satisfying the criteria in (4) below (i.e. criteria applicable to member of the public applicant)

(4) Member of the Public satisfying the following criteria:

• Hong Kong resident reaching the age of 18 on or before the deadline for application (including new arrivals, but excluding Hong Kong non-permanent residents who have been admitted to Hong Kong to work, study, or receive training and their dependents, and excluding individuals who have entered Hong Kong as visitors) ;

• Not a current holder of any valid hawker licence;

• Has not entered into any market stall tenancy agreement that remains in force at present with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD);

• Has not participated in the Voluntary Surrender Schemes for Fixed-Pitch (Cooked Food or Light Refreshment) Hawker Licences or Itinerant Hawker Licences or applied for voluntary surrender of hawker licence under the Assistance Scheme for Hawkers in Fixed-Pitch Hawker Areas; and

• None of his / her parents, spouse and children is a current holder of any valid hawker licence.

Application Methods

• Applicants may download the application form from the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk) or apply on-line during the application period, or obtain the application form in person at the Hawkers and Markets Section (Hong Kong and Islands Office / Kowloon Office) or the FEHD District Environmental Hygiene Offices during office hours.

• The completed application form may be submitted within the application period through the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk), email ([email protected]), fax (3007 6415) or by post to the Hawker Pitch Allocation Office, M/F, Rumsey Street Multi-storey Carpark Building, 2 Rumsey Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Applicant may also submit the application form in person to:

• Hawkers and Markets Section (Hong Kong and Islands Office) Address: 8/F, Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building, 225 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Tel. No.: 2879 5695

• Hawkers and Markets Section (Kowloon Office) Address: Room 301, 3/F, FEHD Nam Cheong Offices, 87 Yen Chow Street West, Kowloon Tel. No. : 2309 2043

• Tsuen Wan District Environmental Hygiene Office Address: Room 330, 3/F, Yeung Uk Road Municipal Services Building, 45 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories Tel. No.: 2212 9720

• The FEHD will issue an acknowledgement of application to the applicant within 7 days on receipt of application.

Points to Note

• Each applicant should submit only one application. Duplicate applications will not be processed.

• Except for applicant from holder of Fixed-Pitch (Newspaper) Hawker Licence or Itinerant Hawker Licence, Hawker Licence Operation

Validity Period is 7 years (as from the date of issue of licence) and licence will not be renewed upon the expiry of the licence validity period. The applicant who is granted a licence shall remove the stall and other equipment from the pitch upon expiry of the Licence Operation Validity Period.

• An applicant who is granted a licence shall design and construct the stall (including fixed electrical installations) at his/her own expense in accordance with the specifications approved by the FEHD and conduct the business at the stall. If the applicant fails to construct the stall in accordance with the specifications within the specified time limit, the applicant is in breach of licence condition and shall be subject to consequences of such breach. Furthermore, the hawker licence may be cancelled.

• An applicant who is successfully granted the licence shall comply with the Hawker Regulation (Cap.132AI), other related legislation and licensing conditions, and pay the necessary fee.

• The FEHD has not entrusted any organisations / persons to receive / process applications or assist in the submission of applications. No person shall enjoy any privilege.

• The list of eligible applicants who have not been allocated a pitch will be kept for 3 years for use in the allocation of vacant pitches that could be made available within that 3-year period. Thereafter, the list will lapse.

Allocation of Vacant Pitches and Issue of New Licences

• Vacant hawker pitches for allocation will be equally apportioned among 4 categories of applicants. The FEHD will assign an application number to individual applicants in each category.

• Pitch selection priority order of eligible applicants is generated in a fair and impartial manner by way of open computer random sequencing cum manual ballot. The date of ballot will be announced in due course.

• Upon completion of ballot, the FEHD will issue a letter to notify eligible applicants of their priority numbers. The result will also be uploaded to the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk) the next day for viewing by applicants.

• The FEHD will then issue letters in batches according to the priority numbers to invite successful applicants for pitch selection and completion of the formalities for issue of a new licence.

• If eligible applicants outnumber the vacant pitches, standby applicants will be put on a waiting list according to their priority numbers. If short-listed applicants fail to select a pitch, standby applicants belonging to the same category will be able to select a vacant pitch according to their priority order. Thereafter, if the number of applicants in a certain category is less than the quota of vacant pitches assigned, standby applicants of all categories (who have not been offered any pitch yet) will be able to select those pitches according to their priority order on the waiting list.

• If invited for pitch selection, applicants belonging to the categories of eligible registered assistant and member of the public shall bring along documents stating particulars of their family members and/or other information relating to their applications.

• Applicants from holders of Fixed-Pitch (Newspaper) Hawker Licence or Itinerant Hawker Licence should surrender their licences to the FEHD for cancellation on the day when the new hawker licence is issued.

Commodities to be Sold

Apart from hawker pitches with specified operating hours, licensees shall operate between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. every day to sell the following types of commodities:

• Class II: Food-related dry goods/preserved food, fresh fruits, prepacked food and drinks, bread, cakes and confectioneries, Chinese herbs and medicines, etc.

• Class III: Non-food-related dry goods and other related services

Pitch Size and Fees

Pitch Size Fee

Pitch size not exceeding 1.1 m2 $4,347 per annum

Pitch size exceeding 1.1m2 but not exceeding 1.7 m2

$5,512 per annum

Pitch size exceeding 1.7 m2 but not exceeding 2.2 m2

$6,715 per annum

Types of Stall

Licensees shall construct the stall structure at his/her own expense in accordance with the specifications approved by the FEHD.

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Enquiry

• Enquiry Hotline: 2348 6944 or 2868 0000

• Enquiry Email: [email protected]

• Website: www.fehd.gov.hk

Morning Set-up, Evening Dismantle Stall

Morning Set-up, Evening Dismantle Stall